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Instos to increase alternative strategies

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
... closely followed by real assets (53% increase versus 4% decrease), real estate (47% increase versus 9% decrease), and private equity (39% increase versus 9% decrease). BlackRock said for US and Canadian institutions, the shift towards illiquid assets ...

Future Fund puts in another strong year

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2016
... portion of that into new investments. These include the sale of the Port of Brisbane and some rebalancing in the private equity portfolio following significant gains. "There's been significant activity to keep the portfolio well positioned. We've sold ...

Alternatives managers see record growth

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2016
... research. The Preqin Global Alternatives Report for 2016 indicated that this was primarily driven by growth in private equity, which saw $274 billion in new assets under management in the first half of 2015 alone. This was greater than the total $212 ...

Chi-X Australia being acquired by private equity firm

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
US private equity firm J.C. Flowers & Co has entered into an agreement to acquire Chi-X Australia. The investor will also acquire Chi-X Japan and Chi-Tech Hong Kong. The acquisition will close in the first quarter of 2016, pending regulatory approval. ...

United approach to super fund disclosure: AVCAL

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
The Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCAL) is calling for financial services regulators and administrators to coordinate their data on superannuation fund investments as a way of streamlining overlaps in reporting and disclosure ...

Canadian pension funds keeping eyes on Aussie infra

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
... "Enabled by their scale, 32% of the Top 10's investments are in alternative asset classes such as infrastructure, private equity, and real estate in Canada and abroad. "Globally, the Top Ten have invested in such assets as ING Life Korea; Globalvia ...

Venture capital is back in vogue

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2015
... companies and that's going to increase over the next two years to $1 million as a requirement." Casali said the private equity market had also been buoyant but it was difficult to determine the forward trend. "The environment for fundraising private ...

Economist says innovation one small part of growth

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015
... that is going to transform Australian growth in the near-term and probably the medium term either." The Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCAL) generally supported the innovation statement but said it did not address the problem ...

Industry welcomes Innovation Statement

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
... research and development across CSIRO, government agencies, the business and higher education sectors. The Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCAL) said Australia's lack of a comprehensive long term innovation strategy in recent ...

Sovereign wealth funds banking on Aussie innovation

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
Sovereign wealth funds are leading investment in the Australian private equity and venture capital industry, contributing 26% of new fundraising in the past financial year. Not only did overseas investors jump on Australian entrepreneurs in 2015, they ...